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gmcgill |
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April 22, 2006 08:17:28am |
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Re: HELP!!! transferring archive music to ipod |
Let's try a test:
1. go to following audience GD show:
http://www.archive.org/audio/etree-details-db.php?id=13994
2. Go to second song (Jack Straw). Under the VBR MP3 (far right) column, right click on the song file and "save link as" to your harddrive.
3. Go into ITUNES, select dropdown menu FILE, then "add file to library"
4. You should now have this version of "Jack Straw" in your itunes library. Within the itunes library, right click on the song, then select "get info", then select the "summary" tab. At the very bottom you should see where. If you saved the song in, for example, C:\My Music, then you should see in itunes that the where is: "C:\My Music\songname.mp3" MAKE SURE IT IS MP3 (NOT M3U - this is not a file, just a streaming location).
5. If in fact the song is saved in your library as an MP3, you should have no problem adding it to your ipod when you sync to the ipod. You don't have to convert the file to AAC, or lossless, etc. You simply add to itunes library and it's ready to sync. Again, my suspicion is that you are downloading the "streaming" m3u connection to the VBR MP3 files rather than the VBR MP3 files themselves.
6. If you find that this works, you'll note that you don't have to download each and every file separately. Instead, many shows have a zip file containing all the VBR mp3 files. And even if no zip file, you can always use something like "DownthemAll" (a plugin for Firefox), set the filter to "vbr.mp3" and automatically download all the vbr.mp3 files on any show page without having to click on each one.
7. Another thought...if you are downloading the zip files with the vbr mp3 files, then adding the zip file to your itunes library (i don't even know if this is possible), but if it lets you do this, then it certainly would NOT transfer the zip file to your ipod. If this is the issue, make sure you unzip the zip file so that you have the mp3 files extracted on your hard drive, then add those files (or the entire folder where they are stored) to your itunes library.
NOTE: (just added), When I open a streaming set of files within itunes, and then check the "location" of the file that is playing in itunes, I see the following:
http://www.archive.org/download/gd95-07-08.BK401s.4362.sbeok.shnf/gd95-07-08d1t01_vbr.mp3
That is, it shows this streaming file as an MP3 file, but note that it's location is on
www.archive.org. This is not a file that can be converted to anything or transferred to your ipod. I'm even more convinced that this is the mistake you are making.
This post was modified by gmcgill on 2006-04-22 15:07:45
This post was modified by gmcgill on 2006-04-22 15:17:28
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 Diana Hamilton |
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April 23, 2006 01:30:09am |
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Re: HELP!!! transferring archive music to ipod |
I'm reading that the shows on this site are moving at some point, maybe free, may be not. Any news on when this might happen?
Oh, it's just that the current LMA collection material is being physicially moved *within the Internet Archive* from an older filing system to a newer one,
http://www.archive.org/web/petabox.php
AFAIK Everything else (other audio, movies etc) is in the new system and this is the last chunk to be transitioned. The change is slated for the end of May. It will be a bit different in some respects, for instance in the system for people to upload. But, no change in cost (=0) to patrons.
This post was modified by Diana Hamilton on 2006-04-23 08:30:09
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WPpapajoe |
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August 23, 2006 11:52:38am |
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Re: HELP!!! transferring archive music to ipod |
Also check out: Fat Maw Rooney, Drive By Truckers
From a fellow Deadhead, and current Widespread Panic freak.
C ya,
Papa Joe
PS my first Dead show was Alpine Valley, East Troy WI in 1984. First Panic show was 12/1/1996 in Milwaukee, the Modjeska.
Also: check out
www.panicstream.com/
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